PT-2012-1136 · Taglib+1 · Taglib+1

Zubin Mithra · Published 2012-06-14 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2012-1108

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions TagLib versions prior to 1.7.1

Description The issue concerns multiple vulnerabilities in the TagLib package that can lead to a disruption of protected information availability. These vulnerabilities can be exploited remotely. Specifically, the parse function in ogg/xiphcomment.cpp in TagLib 1.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted vendorLength field in an ogg file.

Recommendations For TagLib versions prior to 1.7.1, update to version 1.7.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to ogg files or disabling the parse function in ogg/xiphcomment.cpp until a patch is available. Avoid using the vendorLength field in ogg files until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-09662

CVE-2012-1108

SUSE-SU-2012_0743-1

Affected Products

Suse

Taglib

References · 19

• 🔥 https://github.com/taglib/taglib/commit/b3646a07348ffa276ea41a9dae03ddc63ea6c532 · Exploit
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-09662 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1108 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-1108 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1108 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1108 · Vendor Advisory
• http://gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201206-16.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49688 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48211 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/taglib/taglib/commit/77d61c6eca4d08b9b025738acf6b926cc750db23 · Note
• https://github.com/taglib/taglib/commit/dcdf4fd954e3213c355746fa15b7480461972308 · Note
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-16.xml · Note
• http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/taglib-devel/2012-March/002191.html · Note
• http://osvdb.org/79813 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73665 · Note